The Hanes Lecture Series in Bibliography
Thursday, September 8 | 1 – 2 p.m. | virtual event
The Rare Book Collection’s long-running lecture series returns with a talk commemorating the University Libraries’ 9 millionth volume, the woodblock archive of the Propaganda Fide Press. Elizabeth Savage, senior lecturer in book history and communications in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, will highlight her groundbreaking work on color printing and share her expertise in the study of printing surfaces.
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Vaccination and Its Historical Discontents: The Long-Term View on Skepticism and ‘Personal Belief Exemptions’
Friday, September 9 | 12 – 1 p.m. | virtual event
The Bullitt History of Medicine Club and the UNC Center for Bioethics present the Merrimon Lecture with Elena Conis, professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. Her first book, Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization, received the Arthur J. Viseltear Award from the American Public Health Association and was named a Choice Outstanding Title and a Science Pick of the Week by Nature.
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Wilson Library Research Forum
Wednesday, September 14 | 12 – 1 p.m. | virtual event
Hear from research fellows about projects that draw on the collections and expertise of the Wilson Special Collections Library.
Affordances of the Asylum
Elisabeth Harris, Southern Studies Pre-Dissertation Prospectus Fellow
Genealogies of Non-citizen Incarceration in the US South
Andreina Malki, Southern Studies Pre-Dissertation Prospectus Fellow
“The Birth of the Environmental Justice Movement in Five Images”
Thursday, September 15 | Viewing 1 p.m., Program 1:30 p.m. | in-person event
The North Carolina Collection at the Wilson Special Collections Library will hold an opening program for the exhibit, “We Birthed the Movement: The Warren County PCB Landfill Protests, 1978-1982.” The event will feature a video presentation highlighting the stories of five images from the exhibition and comments by members of the Warren County Environmental Action Team (WCEAT), who co-curated the exhibition with Wilson Library staff.
No registration required; free and open to the public. Masks encouraged.
Wilson Library Research Forum
Wednesday, October 12 | 12 – 1 p.m. | virtual event
Hear from research fellows about projects that draw on the collections and expertise of the Wilson Special Collections Library.
The WWII Farm Labor Program, Right to Work, and Organizing Migratory Workers in the South
Jennifer Standish, Southern Studies Dissertation Research Fellow
First in Fight: North Carolina’s Leading Role in Late 20th Century White Power Organizing
Irene Adair Newman, Southern Studies Dissertation Research Fellow
On These Grounds: Slavery and the University
Thursday, October 13 | 3 p.m. | virtual event
On These Grounds: Slavery and the University is a national project that spans multiple colleges and universities. The project aims to create a “new understanding of the lived reality of bondage at these institutions of higher education” by creating a common approach to documenting, describing, and organizing data derived from the schools’ archives. Panelists will discuss On These Grounds work at UNC-Chapel Hill and Hampden-Sydney College.
This event is part of the Digital South Panel Series.
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Women of Early Blues Guitar
Wednesday, October 19 | 7 p.m. | virtual event
Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Waters are just a few of the great female vocalists from the 1920s that helped put blues music on the map. By the 1930s, the genre was dominated by male guitar players with powerful vocals of their own. The guitar, an instrument typically associated with men, quickly became a symbol of the blues – and the role of blues women just as quickly diminished. In this presentation, the contributions of early female blues guitar players will be highlighted.
Valerie Turner, the guitar playing half of the Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo, will discuss the life and times of several notable early blues women who used guitars to make their mark on the blues genre. Valerie has studied their music deeply and will perform examples representing each artist highlighted.
Sponsored by the Martin Guitar Co. Foundation.
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Driving Down Infant and Child Mortality: Victories, Dilemmas, and Persistent Disparities
Thursday, November 3 | 12 – 1 p.m. | hybrid event
The Bullitt History of Medicine Club and the UNC Center for Bioethics present the Merrimon Lecture with Perri Klass, professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence.
Perri Klass is a pediatrician and writer whose medical journalism has appeared in outlets including Harpers, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post. Her book, The Best Medicine: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future, is an account of how victories over infant and child mortality have changed the world.
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Wilson Library Research Forum
Wednesday, November 9 | 12 – 1 p.m. | virtual event
Hear from research fellows about projects that draw on the collections and expertise of the Wilson Special Collections Library.
Other Voices, Other Souths: Gay Liberation in College Towns & on University Campuses
Hooper Schultz, Southern Studies Pre-Dissertation Prospectus Fellow.
Women’s Consumption: The Portraits and Possessions of Anne of Cleves and Sibylle of Cleves
Sarah Emily Farkas, Rare Book Collection Hanes Graduate Fellowship.
Alternatives to the Research Paper: Reflections on Digital Pedagogy Projects on the American South
Wednesday, November 16 | 2 – 3 p.m. | virtual event
Glenn Hinson, Associate Professor of Folklore and Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Banu Gökarıksel, Professor of Geography and Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education, UNC-Chapel Hill
Lara Lookabaugh, Doctoral Candidate in Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sara Carrier, NC Research and Instructional Librarian at the University Libraries.
